With the following words
spoken by Elder Russell M. Nelson on 6 July 2016
“There are some things the Book of Mormon is not,”
President Nelson said. “It is not a textbook of history, although some history
is found within its pages. It is not a definitive work on ancient American
agriculture or politics. It is not a record of all former inhabitants of the Western Hemisphere , but only of particular groups of
people.” The LDS
church has now taken a position of distancing itself from the validity of the
book of Mormon in a way which many other restoration faiths have done.
It is the firm belief of
The Latter Day Church of Jesus Christ that although we may not understand all
of the ways in which the book of Mormon was translated, it is however true. We
stand by the book of Mormon and proudly proclaim it is true. We stand by this
belief know matter how hard it may be for us to say such things. While all
around us the Mormon and restoration world is shrinking from its belief in the
book of Mormon and he Prophet Joseph Smith and the way in which the Book of Mormon was brought forth and therefore its
worth as a true historical and religious document we at The Latter Day Church
of Jesus Christ stand firm in our conviction that it is true and it is a real
historical document of a part of the Heartlands of the North American Continent
and that it speaks of three different people groups who travelled to the North
American continent.
We stand firm in our
conviction that Joseph Smith is and was a prophet of God, no matter his faults
and short comings and through him the book of Mormon was translated and came to
us today. The Latter Day Church of Jesus Christ continues the work left by the
early church and our prophet brother Joseph, we build on the foundation he laid
which includes the book of Mormon and we stand by its truth and validity.
Matthew P. Gill
Prophet & First Elder
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